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Ministerul Educaiei, Cercetrii, Tineretului i SportuluiCentrul Naional de Evaluare i Examinare

Prob scris la Limba i literatura englez Varianta 2Pagina 1 din 3

CONCURSUL PENTRU OCUPAREA POSTURILOR DIDACTICE/ CATEDRELOR DECLARATEVACANTE/ REZERVATE N NVMNTUL PREUNIVERSITAR

13 iulie 2011

Proba scris la LIMBA I LITERATURA ENGLEZ

Varianta 2

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Se acord 10 puncte din oficiu. Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 4 ore.

SUBIECTUL I (30 de puncte)

Consider the following text:

The NELLIE, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and wasat rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the onlything for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.

The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminablewaterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint, and in theluminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in redclusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. A haze rested on the lowshores that ran out to sea in vanishing flatness. The air was dark above Gravesend, and fartherback still seemed condensed into a mournful gloom, brooding motionless over the biggest, and thegreatest, town on earth.

The Director of Companies was our captain and our host. [] Between us there was, as Ihave already said somewhere, the bond of the sea. Besides holding our hearts together throughlong periods of separation, it had the effect of making us tolerant of each other's yarns -- and evenconvictions. The Lawyer -- the best of old fellows -- had, because of his many years and many

virtues, the only cushion on deck, and was lying on the only rug. The Accountant had brought outalready a box of dominoes, and was toying architecturally with the bones. Marlow sat cross-leggedright aft, leaning against the mizzen-mast. He had sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straightback, an ascetic aspect, and, with his arms dropped, the palms of hands outwards, resembled anidol.[]

We looked at the venerable stream not in the vivid flush of a short day that comes anddeparts for ever, but in the August light of abiding memories. And indeed nothing is easier for aman who has, as the phrase goes, "followed the sea" with reverence and affection, than to evokethe great spirit of the past upon the lower reaches of the Thames. The tidal current runs to and froin its unceasing service, crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of homeor to the battles of the sea. It had known and served all the men of whom the nation is proud, fromSir Francis Drake to Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled -- the great knights-errant of

the sea.[] Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing thesword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from thesacred fire. What greatness had not floated on the ebb of that river into the mystery of an unknownearth!The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealths, the germs of empires.

"And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth."He was the only man of us who still "followed the sea." The worst that could be said of

him was that he did not represent his class. He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, whilemost seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life. Their minds are of the stay-at-homeorder, and their home is always with them -- the ship; and so is their country -- the sea. One ship isvery much like another, and the sea is always the same. In the immutability of their surroundingsthe foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past, veiled not by asense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman

unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny. Forthe rest, after his hours of work, a casual stroll or a casual spree on shore suffices to unfold for himthe secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing. The yarns of


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seamen have a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut.But Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted), and to him the meaning ofan episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only asa glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are madevisible by the spectral illumination of moonshine. []

"I was thinking of very old times, when the Romans first came here, nineteen hundred

years ago -- the other day. . . . Light came out of this river since -- you say Knights? Yes; but it islike a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker -- may itlast as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday. Imagine the feelingsof a commander of a fine -- what d'ye call 'em? -- trireme in the Mediterranean, ordered suddenlyto the north; run overland across the Gauls in a hurry; put in charge of one of these craft thelegionaries -- a wonderful lot of handy men they must have been, too -- used to build, apparentlyby the hundred, in a month or two, if we may believe what we read. Imagine him here -- the veryend of the world, a sea the colour of lead, a sky the colour of smoke, a kind of ship about as rigidas a concertina -- and going up this river with stores, or orders, or what you like. Sand-banks,marshes, forests, savages, -- precious little to eat fit for a civilized man, nothing but Thames waterto drink. [] They were men enough to face the darkness.[]. He has to live in the midst of theincomprehensible, which is also detestable. And it has a fascination, too, that goes to work upon

him. The fascination of the abomination -- you know, imagine the growing regrets, the longing toescape, the powerless disgust, the surrender, the hate."He paused.[] "Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this. What saves us is efficiency -- the

devotion to efficiency. But these chaps were not much account, really. They were no colonists;their administration was merely a squeeze, and nothing more, I suspect. They were conquerors,and for that you want only brute force -- nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strengthis just an accident arising from the weakness of others. They grabbed what they could get for thesake of what was to be got. It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale,and men going at it blind -- as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of theearth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion orslightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What

redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretence but an idea; and anunselfish belief in the idea -- something you can set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrificeto. . . ."

(Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness)

a. Contextualize the text from a historical and cultural point of view. (15-20 lines) 10 points

b. Discuss the theme and the symbol(s) you find in the text. 10 points

c. Identify the point of view and describe its intended effect on the reader. 10 points

SUBIECTUL al II-lea (30 de puncte)

a. Specify and illustrate five uses of the Synthetic Subjunctive. 10 points

b. In the questions below, a part is missing; either at the beginning, at the end, or in themiddle. Of the four sentences (A, B, C, or D), three are correct, one is WRONG. Your taskis to find the wrong answer and write the corresponding letter on your exam sheet.

5 points

1. The common crow, ... one of the hardiest birds in existence, can live up to eighty years.A. considered like C. considered to beB. which is considered as D. considered

2. ... , he forgot to lock the front door.A. Even though he is careful C. Careful as he isB. Although he is careful D. Despite of being careful


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3. You see you got wet through. You ... an umbrella with you.A. should have taken C. must have takenB. ought to have taken D. could have taken

4. ... captured the spirit of England in the 19th century as well as Charles Dickens.A. Hardly any writer C. Few the writers were who

B. Not many writers D. Few writers5. The terrorist was unwilling to leave his shelter ... .

A. for fear of not being shot C. in case he was shotB. for fear of being shot D. lest he should be shot

c. Complete each sentence with a word made from the word in capitals: 5 points

1. There was a bare of people at the club. HAND2. We go to the pub before lunch on Sunday. VARY3. You wont be paid much as a/an worker. SKILL4. It seems unjust to arrest a poor old person for .. SHOP

5. . creates hardships for all the members of the family. EMPLOY

d. Write one word in each gap. 10 points

Rarely_____1) one find as clear an account of social change as Olivia Harriss Changing Britain.Those who prefer to bury their heads in the _____2) and imagine that Britain is the same as it waseven 20 years ago are in _____3) a shock. Harris convincingly argues that not only have those_____4) authority increased their power, _____5) ordinary people are also less likely to stand up tothose in office. At _____6) point in the book _____7) any of Harriss claims presented withoutevidence, and _____8) does she talk down to the non-expert. Her main conclusion, that _____9)until we all realize that _____10) is a problem and decide to confront the authorities will thesituation improve, is powerful and irresistible.

SUBIECTUL al III-lea (30 de puncte)

a. Based on the text from SUBJECT 1, devise a pre-reading activity. 12 points specify the objectives specify the estimated time indicate the level and the age of your students describe the stages of the activity

b. You are teaching the Present Perfect Simple to young learners of English. Devise an activity forintroducing the new grammar structure. 12 points

specify the aims

specify the estimated time describe the stages of the activity

c. Teachers spend a lot of time testing and assessing students. Describe three types of testing,according to the purpose of the tests. 6 points

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